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to serve as a place of retreatto the army in case of need ; and as a place for its reorganization , in the event of a defeat . The fortress of Silistria has also been fully placed on a war footing . " last night a courier sent by the Minister of War to the commander-in-chief brought vis the news that four regiments of the Imperial guard , forming a force of 14 , 000 men , with seven batteries of artillery , were on their way to Schumla to receive the orders of" Omer Pacha . Lieutenant- Colonel Magnan , of the French army , who is instructor in the Ottoman army , arrived at Schumla on the 7 th of this month , after having spent seventeen days on the banks of the Danube . He laid a plan of defence before the Commander-in-chief . "He returns to the Danube this day , accompanied by several officers of the Ottoman staiF , in order to construct the fortifications on those points that have been considered most important by Omer Pacha . "
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Russia was still active in the Baltic at the latest dates * but the divisions of the Cronstadt fleet had returned to port after a brief cruise . It is stated that the Circassians have given the troops of the Czar another check ; and that Prince MenschikofF has been ordered to strengthen the blockade of the coast , while in the interior new expeditions are preparing . Beyond the Caucasus , we are told , that British influence at the Court of Persia has decided the Shah to back Turkey , keep up his army , and resist the [ Russian demands . Whether this be true or not , the Russian minister , Prince Dolgarouki , has returned to St . Petersburg . '
. Nearer home we find the Federal Council of Switzerland finally refusing to make concessions to Austria . We have the Burgomaster of Brussels publishing , from the steps of the Hotel de Ville , the banns of marriage between the Duke of Brabant and the Austrian Archduchess . In Italy , arrests and punishments for political and religious offences go on as of old .
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Here is a capital story illustrative of Italian political feeling : —When a short time since the Queen of Sardinia went to Massa , in the duchy of Modena , to pay a visit to her relative , the Empress Dowager of Austria ( who is herself a member of the House of Savoy , being a daughter of Charles Albert ' s uncle , Victor Emmanuel I . ) , it appeal's that the Modenese authorities did not intend to hoist the Sardinian flag on the castle of Massa . But the Empress declared that she would not remain another hour in Massa if due honours were not paid to her royal relative . The
Sardinian flag was therefore' hoisted , and the Queen greeted with a royal salute . The knowledge of this fact , the refreshing sight of the Italian colours , and the presence of the lovely wife of a loyal king , produced immense enthusiasm amongst the Modenese . As the carriage containing the queen passed , the crowd uncovered to a man , not daring , for fear of the police , to salute her with acclamations ; whereas on the passage of the Duke of Modena not a hat was raised .
But beyond these brief statements -we have no continental news to communicate—the Turkish question , like the rod of Aaron , swallowing up all minor facts .
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P . S . A telegraphic despatch reached Paris yesterday morning , and London the same evening , to the effect that the Porte accepts , without any modifications , the Note drawn up by the Conference at Vienna ; and that the Extraordinary Ambassador appointed to carry , to the Czar the adhesion of the Sultan will leave for St . Petersburg as soon as tho Russian troops receivo orders to evacuate the invaded territory . This telegraphic announcement , tho substance of which was apparently familiar to Lord Clarendon last night , leaves tho point mentioned by our Paris correspondent , as still suggestive of doubt and difficulty , absolutely untouched .
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CHRISTIANITY IN BROKEN CHINA . The character of the insurgents is made clear by additional information obtained from one of the persons who accompanied Sir George Bonham on his visit to the insurgent camp at Nankin . Their religious views , evidently derived from Christianity , have sonic odd addenda and peculiar distortions . They call themselves " worshippers of Jcsu , " and destroy all idols , but thoy represent God as coming : down to visit their camp , and talking plainly with their chosen men . " They adopt the Ten Commandments , to which they have appended annotations ; thus , they state under the seventh commandment that smoking opium is always associated with the bin mentioned there , and must be discontinued . "
They " tnko tho Bible- lor their rule of life ; " and have massacred 20 , 000 Mantelioos , even to the infant at tho breast . They do liofc give their king the title of supreme lord , as that adjective belongs only to Godbut they way that Tao-Ping-Wnng wan taken up to Heaven to bo invested with sovereignty ; a story interpreted to mean nq more than Queen Victoria ' s l )< d Gratia ( at length restored to that most religious coin ,
tho Uorin ) . But though thoy show great respect for thoir chiefs , thoy have , like tho old Covenanters of Scotland , still greater respect for " tho elect . " They toll tho English agents that they are of the relig ion of " JCing Victoria ; " font , sad to say , Tae-Ping-Wnng has thirty-six wives , and tho princes have twelve , eight , nix , four , according to their rank . Tho English writers from Canton record with joy that tho rebels wo * ' Protestanta , " and report that thoy " have lulled
several Roman Catholics , probably converts to the Jesuits who permitted in their convents the worship of ancestors , and also a sort of baptised Buddhism . " In their character as men they are reported as superior in feeling , independence , and good manners to the other Chinese we have known . They , are pure in their ideas and communicative in conversation . One of the peasants describing them , said : " They are men of their ; word ; if they say they will give you twenty licks of a bamboo , make your mind easy , they will not
stop short at nineteen . " Now it is most unusual for a Chinaman to do what he says or mean what he says . Their leaders are described as quiet and self-confident . At Amoy is a section of the insurgents , not absolutely connected with Tae-Ping-Wang . " Their conduct had been marked with the greatest moderation ,, having repressed all crime with a strong hand , decapitating summarily for grave offences . They gave English merchants guards to protect their lives and property / ' In conclusion , the insurgents are strangely represented to have " large feet . "
Their military proceedings have shown bravery and self-reliance . They have proceeded from victory to victory , and appear to conquer with ease the imbecile and badly-officered Imperial army . Their abandonment of towns they have taken , results from their anxiety to strike a blow at the capital . They wait at Nankin for a mandate from Heaven to advance to Pekin : and the receipt of the order is all but certain .
They are storing Nankin with provisions , and have gained the sympathy of the people in the surrounding districts . Of Tae-Ping-Wang , their chief , there are some early anecdotes . The Rev . Mr . Roberts , of Canton , states that Tae-Ping-Wang was a student of his , and applied for baptism some years since ; while an Imperialist story-teller says that the rebel king was a candidate in a literary examination , and being unjustly rejected stirred up this rebellion .
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ALLEGED SALE OF INDIAN PATRONAGE . Some weeks ago Mr . Bright stated in the House of Commons that the corrupt sale of Indian patronage was notorious . -He quoted an anecdote which he had heard ^ A person having Indian authority negotiated by innuendo and by a third party to obtain a sum of money for the gift of an Indian situation . In reply to the applicant ' s statement of his son ' s fitness and ability the third party always responded , " My friend is not a
rich man , " and on being pressed for an explanation of this phrase , invariably answered , " You are a man of business . " The person seeking the situation having scruples about taking the usual oath declaring that he had not bought or corruptly obtained the post , the negotiation was broken off . The publication of this anecdote in the House caused sensation , and Mr . Bright's authority was demanded . With reluctance he gave the name of Mr . Wilkinson , member for Lambeth , and stated that Mr . Norman Wilkinson , his
brpther , was one of the parties to the negotiation . But both Mr . Bright and Mr . Wilkinson persistently refused to state the name of the other party . Oflended at this imputation tho East India Company took steps to bring the whole matter to light . They applied on Wednesday at tho Mansion House for a summons against Mr . Norman Wilkinson for a misdemeanour , " in having bargained for the purchase of an office in the gift of the Company , " such proceeding being illegal under an act passed in the reign of George the Third . In the police court Mr . Wilkinson , the member for Lambeth , was called on to givo evidence . He again declined to state the name of the person with whom his brother negotiated . Ho added : —
" My brother hud a son , whom ho wished to semi out to India , and I believo he wished to procure some appointment for him . I think ho told mo a yoar and n half or two years ago that ho had had an offer of such appointment—I so understood him—in tho service of tho East India Company . " Mr . Clarkson : " Did you loam from your brother from whom ho had hud that offer ?"—Mr . Wilkinson : " Yob , I did . "
Mr . Clarkson : " Will you havo tho goodness to toll us his namo ?" ¦ —Mr . Wilkinson : " I have first of all to say , that I am exceedingly unwilling to < lo anything in tho world in any way to obstruct tho courao of justice , hut I consider this to havo boon a confidential communication from my brother to mo . I know that ho feels himself coriRoiont'ioiiHly bound nofc to discloHO tho naino of Hint party ; and as I also fool bound in tho saino way not to do m > , I muHt ileolino tho answer to that question . ' On being bard pressed , Mr . Wilkinson said , that " tho oilier party" was not a Director of the East India Company . Mr . Clarkson then
Buid' Undoubtedl y tho principal delinquent > a tho party against whom tho directors' object is to bo lovolled , and if it bo within tho power of tl » o law to bring that party and any othor pnrt . y concerned to jiml-ico , thoy fool tltointiolvoH (• ailed upon thus publicly to declaro thoir dotorminatiori to do ho . I iihIc your lordship for a numinous , charging Mr . Wurman Wilkinmm with unlawfully bargaining" with u certain , person , whoao namo it * unknown , ibr tho
purchase of a certain office , the nature of which is perfectly immaterial , because that will be the result of further in , quiry , if your lordship thinks I have made out a case fOp granting- the summons ; and also to endeavour , by s uch means as are in our power , to connect the remaining party with the transaction who made these offers to Mr . Wit kinson for which he has been negotiating . " The summons was granted .
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THE WONDROUS TALE OF " SMITH . ' A man named Smith , and with that indefinite name having the itinerant occupation of a lecturer , suddenly appeared to several attorneys , and told an old story . Sir Hugh Smyth , owner of vast estates in Gloucestershire and Somersetshire > went to Ireland in 1796 , and there married a Miss Jane Vanderbergh , in the pie . sence of Caroline Bernard , Consena Lovett , and John S . Vanderbergh ; the Reverend Verney Lovett , vicar of Li 8 more , performing the ceremony . The Irish rebellion broke out : Sir Hugh and his wife came to England ; and , on the 2 nd of February , 1797 , the wife was delivered of a son , who was baptized the next year
at Bath by the Reverend John Symes , in the presence of Lady Isabella Thynne and Caroline Bernard . The wife died in childbirth . The son was placed in charge of a nurse , and was educated at Warminster asa gentleman . In 1822 , Sir Hugh Smyth made a will , leaving all his property to this son , then concealed through the treachery of a servant ; and Sir Hugh died in 1824 . As the son grew up he was visited and received by Colonel Langton , the Marchioness of Bath , Lady Isabella Thynne , and others . The Marchioness of Bath gave him 14002 . to travel on the Continent ; but refused to tell him the name of his father . He returned from
the Continent in 1836 ; and , in 1839 , came to see old Prqvis , a carpenter , in whose house he had been brought up . After some hesitation , Provis gave him a Bible , jewellery , and old papers—all family relics ; also a portrait . The Bible contained the record of the marriage of his father and mother : the portrait was " the counterfeit presentment" of his mother ; and one of the rings had a seal , with the initials of his grandfather and grandmother . Through an attorney he afterwards discovered his father ' s will . On these discoveries , he
called on Sir John Smyth , the brother of old Sir Hugh , and then in possession of the family estates . After showing much agitation , Sir John acknowledged him , gave him money , and died the same night , probably from excitement eaused by the discovery . Such was the story of Smith , or , as he called himself , " Smyth , " told to many attorneys in succession . For , one after another the attorneys declined the case . At length a Mr . Catlin took up the cause , and brought an action of ejectment against Sir Henry Greville Smyth ( a minor ) , grandson of Florence sister of Sir Hugh Smyth , and the present possessor of the estates .
The action was tried at Gloucester on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday . The certificate of the Irish marriage was produced . A Bandon gentleman testified that the signature of the clergyman , " Verney Lovett , " was in the handwriting of the Reverend Verney Lovett ; but " Consena Lovett" and " Caroline Bernard , " witnesses to the certificate , were not identified . Tho certificate of baptism was proved to be in the handwriting of the Reverend John Symes , by the evidence of his son and granddaughter ; and the signature of
Lady Isabella Thynne to tho same as witness was identified by the Honourable Carolina Courtcnay Boyle , and by a clerk at Drummonds ' . A letter of Sir Hugh Smyth ' s to his wifo at Warminster , was proved to bo in his handwriting by the Reverend Or . T . Seymour ; and tho signatures of Sir Hugh Smyth , and of tho witnesses to tho will , wove sworn to by old servants of the family and other persons , mostly of humble life . The plaintiff himself—" Smith , " tho lecturer , or , on his own statement , " Sir Riclwrd
Hugh binyth , " appeared before the court to give - dence , lie is a man of n middling size , and sallow complexion , with very little whisker , and iron-grey h » ir , carefully combed and arranged . He waa dressed ni black , and gave his cvidcuco with great deliberation , very much in tho style of a practised lecturer . I * " * hi « contradictions and prevarications wore innumerable . Letters admitted to bo hia were produced ; and ho confessed that their contents were untruo . His wanner was absurd , and betrayed an odd imbecility . Ho appeared illitoralo and ignorant—spoiling " whom w home ;¦ " set- ' aside , " sett assido ; and " scrutiny , Bcrewteny .
On Wednesday morning ho was ro- examined Whilp at the tublo a singular correspondence wnn going on . At half-past nine on Wednesday morning , a porson in Oxford-street , who had road t ' ^ report in tho Times , communicated to Sir Frederick Tho-siger ( counsel for tho defendant ) , that he cmiM give Homo important information . Some inquiries were then niado of him by telegraph , which r « sulte « in a message being returned by tulugrnph to auk S «> itl '> whether ho ha . d not gono , in January lust , to ft person
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776 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1853, page 776, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1999/page/8/
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